Matildas star has won two Champions Leagues but still hopes third time’s a charm

It is often said that one has mastered a new language once one begins to think in that language. If this is the case, then Ellie Carpenter has French down pat. “Whenever I’m at training I do , because everyone speaks French,” the Matildas right-back says. “But even sometimes at home, I would think in French or even speak a little in French – well, Franglish.

In one of those odd tricks of time, her second winner’s medal – two years after the first – could have been an age ago. Rehabbing a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament will do that, she supposes. Carpenter was well and truly in Lyon’s starting XI by the time they played Barcelona for the 2021-22 trophy. But she injured her ACL early in the first half and was once more forced to watch the win from the bench, before embarking on a nine-month recovery to return in time for the 2023 World Cup.

Ellie Carpenter is helped through the post-match celebrations by teammate Damaris Egurrola after the Australian defender ruptured her ACL in the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2022.Saturday is when Lyon will again face Barcelona in the 2023-24 Champions League final. It is when a fit-and-firing Carpenter will start and, all going smoothly, also finish. She has already had some things to celebrate. In mid-April, Lyon won a third consecutive Division 1 Feminine title.

Ellie Carpenter celebrating her birthday and the Champions League semi-final victory over PSG in April.After the game, Carpenter will fly to Australia to join the Matildas for their two-match pre-Olympics friendly series against China in Adelaide and Sydney. Then the team will head into camp to prepare for the Paris Games.

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